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Stone raised his eyebrows at this “Okay But it would be nice if you remained sober”
“You should’ve seenpub crahilst at university I can hold my bloody liquor”
She turned and headed off
“Agent Chapman?”
She turned back to him “What!” she snapped
He pointed behind hiht there”
She looked where he was pointing “Right Well done” She pushed past him and into the bar
Five minutes later she’d downed two vodka tonics while Stone sipped on a bottle of ginger ale and eyed her steadily “You sure you’ll be able to drive home okay?”
“It’s a bloody breeze driving here after London”
“Not if you’re drunk A British agent arrested for DUI?”
“I’m not drunk!”
“Okay Then let’s
“I can’t tell you everything I hope you understand that,” she said
“I don’t”
“Well,
too bad That’s just the way it has to be”
Stone rose “Take care of yourself”
She gazed up at him in amazement “Just like that?”
“Just like that”
“Stone!”
He turned and left
He walked block after block, his long legs eating up the paveh his body He thought she was different He rong
Saht Same old shit
He passed the Capitol building and kept going until he recognized the area he was in Whether he had meant to come here or not he wasn’t sure, but he was a s of young men on the street When several seee on his belt and let theun They immediately backed off
“It’s cool,” one said
Another said with a grin, “Hey, Graun?”
“No,” lied Stone He held up a finger “But I have with this”
The young men looked skeptical
One said, “You killed soht”
He showed theer It gives far ainst the carotid, so it’s easier to crush”
The men shuffled off
Stone walked on
He reached the door, knocked
He heard the clunks as she came to answer it
The door opened and Carmen Escalante looked up at him ide, sad eyes
“Yes?” she said
“I was here before,” he said, showing her his badge
“Yes, I remember What is it you want?”